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It’s the 2013 Golden Globe Nominations!

The 2013 Golden Globe nominations were announced earlier this morning. The Golden Globes have always felt like the Oscar’s goofy, somewhat sordid cousins. And yet, despite their reputation, the Globes have become one of the more accurate precursors of the actual Oscar nominations.

(The nomination for Rush is a bit of a surprise. As for Philomena, I’m really hoping this movie doesn’t get nominated for a Best Picture Oscar because I really don’t want to have to sit through it. The commercials make it look rather tedious.)

(Elba is a bit unexpected. Mandela has not opened here in Dallas yet so I haven’t seen it or his performance yet. Whatever momentum Redford lost as a result of being snubbed by the SAG, he probably regains as a result of being nominated for a Globe.)

(It’s good to see Barkhad Abdi getting some recognition for his amazing performance in Captain Phillips. Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper, Michael Fassbender, and Jared Leto are here to make sure that this is the sexist category ever. If only James Franco had been nominated for Spring Breakers.)

(The big news here is that Oprah Winfrey was not nominated for her performance in Lee Daniels’ The Butler. To be honest, Oprah was okay in the film but she wasn’t great. If she ends up winning an Oscar, as many have predicted, it’ll be remembered by clearer minds in the future as being one of the many cases where the Academy got it wrong. Sally Hawkins’ performance in Blue Jasmine is much more award-worthy.)